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Wheel-Plow.

Patented Oct. 29. 1867.

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JOSEPHUS MOORE, OF BUSHNEL L, ILLINO'IS.

Letters Patent No. 70,243, dated October 29, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOUGHS.

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TO'ALL wnoirir MAY oononnm lie it known that I, Josnrnns Moons, of Bushnell, in the county of McDonough, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Plough-Carriage; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. p v

This invention is used with a combination of gang and subsoil-ploughs, and it consists of certain novel devices for raising and lowering the plou glis, and for keeping the framework always upon a level, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will now I proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents a framework supported upon two main wheels a a, and-connected with a caster-wheel, b, in the rear, byineans of a beam, 0, rigidly attached to said frame, and provided with a mortise near its rear end, through which passes the upright beam d, stepped in the socket e of the'swivcl h. The upright beam dis provided with a rack-plate on its forward side, having a suitabie number of holes, into one of which at a time enters. the end of the rod 2', placed along the beam c. The other end of the bar 2' is connected witha spring-lever, is, fastened to oneof the cross-beams of the framework A, said spring-lever being arranged to be operated by the foot of the driver whenever it is desired to force the rod 2' forward so as to brin'g its end out of the hole in the rack-plate of the upright beam (1 in which it may chance to be. When this is done the framework A may be raised or lowered on theaxles of the wheels a a as pivots, and the ploughs thus elevated or depressed, by means of the lever! on the top of thcupright beam at, and the rod 112, connecting the rear end of the lever Z and the beam 0. Pressure having been removed, the elasticity of the spring-lcver 7c forces the rear end of the rodz' again into one of the holes of the rack-plate, and the connection of the beams e and d is once more complete. The axles of the wheels a a are fixed in the levers nu, which have their fulcra at their forward ends, said fulcra being the ends of the rod 0 which runs through the forward ends of the side pieces 1' 1' of the framework A.v

The rear ends of the levers n n project beyond the axles a suilicient distance, and support rack-plates s s, the upper ends of which are connected with the rods H, by means of which power is applied to the levers n n through the hand of the driver. Rods u u'pass through the side pieces 7' 1', and enter the holes of the rack-plates s s. The inner ends offlt he rods 11 u are attached to the lower ends of the elbow-levers v v, one on each side of the driver's seat, and operated by his feet. Springs to 20 press the lower ends of the elbow-levers o v outward, so as to keep the rods it uin connection with the rack-plates s a. By pressing down the upper arms of the elbowlevers 'v, the lower arms are pressed inward against the face of the springs to w, and the rods to u withdrawn from connection with the rack-plates s s. By then applying the hand to the handles t1, and raising or lowering the same, or either, or raising one and lowering the other, the forward ends of the lovers n it may be elevated or depressed, as the case may be, and with them the framework A, which receives motion at the forward ends of the 'r 1, which motion, owing to the rigidity of the said framework, is communicated to all parts of the same. By this means the framework may be kept always on a level, whatever ridges or furrows of the ground are passed over, or the framework may be inclined, if desired, as in ploughing on a side hill. The framework having been elevated in this way, will descend by its own weight when the rods a u are withdrawn from the rack-plates s s.

This machine is intended to be operated by one man and four horses. It is provided with two breakingploughs x x, and z represents a socket for the reception of a subsoil-plough. The-beam a may be changed from .one side to the other, so as to bring the caster-wheel in the furrow, whether the breaking or the subsoil-ploughs are in use. I

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. The combination of the beams El and e, the rod 2', and the springlever k, as and for the purpose described. 2. The combination of the lever 72 and handle t with the axles of the wheels or a and the main frame A, in manner and for purpose specified.

3. The combination of the elbow-lever v with the spring '10 and connecting-rod a, substantially as set forth. 4. The combination of the elbow-leverv, the spring to, and connecting-rod u, with the rack-plate s and lever 11, substantially as described.

JOSEP-I-IUS. MOORE.

Witnesses:

DAVID MARTIN, HARRY T. Srnous. 

